EP2610364A1 - Hard coating layer and method for forming the same - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to hard coating layer and method for manufacturing the same, more particularly, the present invention relates to hard coating layer which has columnar structure and the hard coating layer is formed by vertically coating a substrate after obliquely coating the substrate.
- a method for forming hard coating is a technology that changes the composition of coating layer comprised of such as nitrides, carbides and oxides and that improves mechanical properties of the coating layer by adding heterogeneous materials.
- the present invention has been made in an effort to provide hard coating layers that the mechanical properties are improved by changing the structures of the hard coating layers.
- a method for forming hard coating layer which comprises washing a substrate, installing the washed substrate in a vacuum equipment, and vacuating the chamber of the vacuum equipment, cleaning the substrate, forming oblique coating layer on the substrate, and forming vertical coating layer, vertically to the substrate, on the oblique coating layer by applying bias-voltage after forming oblique coating layer.
- the oblique coating layer and the vertical coating layer are formed in multiple layers.
- oblique directions of the oblique coating layer are changed at opposite directions at least two times.
- the oblique coating layer and the vertical coating layer are comprised of titanium-nitride (TiN).
- the substrate is washed by ultra-sonic wave with alcohol and acetone.
- the degrees of vacuum in the chamber of the vacuum equipment is equal to or lower than 10 -6 torr.
- formation of oblique and vertical coating layer is performed in degrees of vacuum between 2x10 -2 torr and 2x10 -4 torr by injecting argon gas in the vacuum equipment.
- oblique angle is between 10° and 80°.
- the bias-voltage is applied below 200V.
- hard coating layers that comprise of an oblique coating layer formed obliquely on a substrate and a vertical coating layer formed, vertically to the substrate, on the oblique coating layer is provided.
- the oblique coating layer and the vertical coating layer are formed in multi-layers.
- the oblique coating layer change oblique directions oppositely at least two times.
- the oblique and vertical coating layer is comprised of titanium-nitride (TiN).
- hardness of coating layer may be enhanced by forming an oblique coating layer and vertical coating layer on a substrate.
- Oblique and vertical coating layers on a substrate in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention improve the hardness of the substrate and it will be described referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 .
- FIG. 3 is a process flowchart for forming hard coating layer according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of vacuum coating equipment according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- the substrate 10 is washed (S10), and the washed substrate 10 is installed in a vacuum equipment 100, and the chamber of the vacuum equipment 100 is vacuated (S20) and the substrate 10 is cleansed (S30).
- the substrate 10 is coated obliquely by rotating a substrate holder 120 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- An oblique coating layer is formed on the substrate 10 by the above coating process (S40), and after oblique coating layer 20 is formed, vertical coating layer 30 is formed, vertically to the substrate 10, on the oblique coating layer 20 by applying bais-voltage.
- structures of coating layer are changed by forming the vertical coating layer 30 on the oblique coating layer 20.
- the vertical coating is formed to improve Young's Modulus and hardness and the oblique coating is formed to improve weakness from brittleness and not to be easily broken.
- the oblique coating layer 20 and the vertical coating layer 30 can be formed in multiple layers, and in particular the oblique coating layers can be formed with the oblique directions of the oblique coating layers being changed in opposite directions at least two times like zigzag or ⁇ shapes, the zigzag or ⁇ shapes can be obtained by rotating the substrate holder 120 supporting the substrate 10.
- the reason why the coating layers 20 and 30 are formed obliquely and vertically is to change the microstructures by applying bias-voltage.
- the oblique coating layer 20 and the vertical coating layer 30 can be formed over and over at least two times, and the laminated configurations of the oblique coating layer 20 and the vertical coating layer 30 are showed in the FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 .
- FIG. 1 shows hard coating layers formed on a substrate according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a graph showing hardness test results of a plurality of the hard coating layers according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- Titanium-nitride (TiN) is used as material for the coating layers in the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, however it is just an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, so zirconium(Zr), titanium-aluminum(TiAl), nitrides and carbides can be used.
- the substrate 10 is washed by ultrasonic wave with alcohol and acetone before coating process, and the degrees of vacuum in the chamber of the vacuum equipment is maintained at equal to or lower than 10 -6 torr before the coating process.
- argon gas is provided into the chamber of the vacuum equipment 100 to make the chamber high vacuum state.
- the coating process is performed in the range of 2x10 -2 torr to 2x10 -4 torr in the degree of vacuum aspect.
- the degree of vacuum When the degree of vacuum is lower than 2x10 -2 torr, the deposition rate will be lowered because the metal-ions, generated by arc, are blocked by the other obstacles like the other ions and cannot arrive at the substrate 10. Whereas the degree of vacuum is higher than 2x10 -4 torr, plasma or arc cannot be generated because the number of gaseous molecules is so reduced that the possibility of sputtering is reduced.
- the bias-voltage for forming oblique coating layer 20 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention is below 200V. If the bias-voltage exceeds 200V, re-sputtering, that is sputtering not a coating, happens because gaseous ions are accelerated toward the substrate.
- oblique angle ⁇ is acute and more specifically, it is desirable that the size of oblique angle is between 10° and 80°.
- oblique coating layer is formed.
- the oblique coating layer is used to control the structure of coating layer and to form a variety of coating structure of coating layer.
- the structures that can be made by oblique coating are such as, zigzag, spiral, oblique cylinder and the structures made by oblique coating can be applied to gas sensors due to large specific areas compared to conventional coating layer.
- the structure of the exemplary embodiment of the present invention is not the same with the said structure but is close to oblique columnar structure.
- the physical properties of coating layer can be changed from the structural changes of the coating layer and the formation of multi-layered coating.
- the exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises of process for forming coating layer by structure design of hard coating layer and vacuum coating method.
- the material for the substrate 10 of the exemplary embodiment of the present invention is stainless steel.
- the substrate 10 is installed in a vacuum equipment 100 and the vacuum equipment 100 was vacuated in 10 -6 torr with turbo molecular pump (TMP) 150 and rotary vane pump (RVP) 160.
- TMP turbo molecular pump
- RVP rotary vane pump
- titanium-nitride coating layer is formed by providing argon gas together with nitrogen gas at the same pressure when the substrate is cleansed.
- TiN titanium-nitride
- a top coating layer is formed by applying electric field about 100V into the substrate 10 while the substrate holder 120 is tilted.
- the process for forming coating is finished when a desired thickness of the top layer is accomplished.
- coating layers with a variety of coating shapes were formed as shown in Fig. 2 , the hardness of comparative example that only vertical coating layer 30 was formed on the substrate was 26GPa, while the hardness of sample No. 4 that vertical coating layer was formed after oblique coating layer was formed in zigzag was 34GPa.
- sample No. 6 that oblique and vertical coating layer is formed twice is enhanced.
- the hardness of titanium-nitride can't exceed 30GPa
- the hardness of coating layer that formed in the exemplary embodiment of the present invention can exceed 30GPa.
- the exemplary embodiments of the present invention make coating layer grows vertically with regard to the substrate 10 by applying electric filed into the substrate 10 while forming oblique coating layer on the substrate 10 by tilting the substrate 10.
- Coating layers with a variety of coating shapes may be formed with the aid of oblique coating and electric field. Hardness of hard coating layer is highly enhanced by forming vertical coating layer on the oblique coating layer with electric field after forming oblique coating layer on the substrate 10.
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- The present invention relates to hard coating layer and method for manufacturing the same, more particularly, the present invention relates to hard coating layer which has columnar structure and the hard coating layer is formed by vertically coating a substrate after obliquely coating the substrate.
- Generally, a method for forming hard coating is a technology that changes the composition of coating layer comprised of such as nitrides, carbides and oxides and that improves mechanical properties of the coating layer by adding heterogeneous materials.
- Further, a method for forming nano-sized crystal structure in the coating layer or a method for forming multi-layered coatings that have different compositions and are in nanometer thickness has recently been highlighted.
- However, in the above method, there has been a difficulty in coating process and controlling variables in coating process. And though hardness of coating layer is enhanced, the coating layer was easily broken.
- The present invention has been made in an effort to provide hard coating layers that the mechanical properties are improved by changing the structures of the hard coating layers.
- According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for forming hard coating layer which comprises washing a substrate, installing the washed substrate in a vacuum equipment, and vacuating the chamber of the vacuum equipment, cleaning the substrate, forming oblique coating layer on the substrate, and forming vertical coating layer, vertically to the substrate, on the oblique coating layer by applying bias-voltage after forming oblique coating layer.
- In the method according to the invention, the oblique coating layer and the vertical coating layer are formed in multiple layers.
- In the method according to the invention, oblique directions of the oblique coating layer are changed at opposite directions at least two times.
- In the method according to the invention, the oblique coating layer and the vertical coating layer are comprised of titanium-nitride (TiN).
- In the method according to the invention, the substrate is washed by ultra-sonic wave with alcohol and acetone.
- In the method according to the invention, the degrees of vacuum in the chamber of the vacuum equipment is equal to or lower than 10-6 torr.
- In the method according to the invention, formation of oblique and vertical coating layer is performed in degrees of vacuum between 2x10-2 torr and 2x10-4 torr by injecting argon gas in the vacuum equipment.
- In the method according to the invention, oblique angle is between 10° and 80°.
- In the method according to the invention, the bias-voltage is applied below 200V.
- According to the other embodiment of the invention, hard coating layers that comprise of an oblique coating layer formed obliquely on a substrate and a vertical coating layer formed, vertically to the substrate, on the oblique coating layer is provided.
- In the hard coating layers, the oblique coating layer and the vertical coating layer are formed in multi-layers.
- In the hard coating layers, the oblique coating layer change oblique directions oppositely at least two times.
- In the hard coating layers, the oblique and vertical coating layer is comprised of titanium-nitride (TiN).
- According to the present invention, hardness of coating layer may be enhanced by forming an oblique coating layer and vertical coating layer on a substrate.
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FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of hard coating layer formed on a substrate according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 2 is a graph showing hardness test results of coating layer according to structures of hard coating layer according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 3 is a process flowchart for forming hard coating layers on a substrate according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of vacuum coating equipment according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. - Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described referring to accompanying drawings in order for a person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains to easily carry out the present invention.
- As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention.
- Oblique and vertical coating layers on a substrate in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention improve the hardness of the substrate and it will be described referring to
FIG. 3 andFIG. 4 . -
FIG. 3 is a process flowchart for forming hard coating layer according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, andFIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of vacuum coating equipment according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. - First, before forming coating layer, the
substrate 10 is washed (S10), and thewashed substrate 10 is installed in avacuum equipment 100, and the chamber of thevacuum equipment 100 is vacuated (S20) and thesubstrate 10 is cleansed (S30). - And then, a coating layer is formed on the cleansed
substrate 10. Thesubstrate 10 is coated obliquely by rotating asubstrate holder 120 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. - An oblique coating layer is formed on the
substrate 10 by the above coating process (S40), and afteroblique coating layer 20 is formed,vertical coating layer 30 is formed, vertically to thesubstrate 10, on theoblique coating layer 20 by applying bais-voltage. - That is, structures of coating layer are changed by forming the
vertical coating layer 30 on theoblique coating layer 20. - The vertical coating is formed to improve Young's Modulus and hardness and the oblique coating is formed to improve weakness from brittleness and not to be easily broken.
- The
oblique coating layer 20 and thevertical coating layer 30 can be formed in multiple layers, and in particular the oblique coating layers can be formed with the oblique directions of the oblique coating layers being changed in opposite directions at least two times like zigzag or < shapes, the zigzag or < shapes can be obtained by rotating thesubstrate holder 120 supporting thesubstrate 10. - The reason why the
coating layers - The
oblique coating layer 20 and thevertical coating layer 30 can be formed over and over at least two times, and the laminated configurations of theoblique coating layer 20 and thevertical coating layer 30 are showed in theFIG. 1 andFIG. 2 . -
FIG. 1 shows hard coating layers formed on a substrate according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention andFIG. 2 is a graph showing hardness test results of a plurality of the hard coating layers according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. - Titanium-nitride (TiN) is used as material for the coating layers in the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, however it is just an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, so zirconium(Zr), titanium-aluminum(TiAl), nitrides and carbides can be used.
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substrate 10 is washed by ultrasonic wave with alcohol and acetone before coating process, and the degrees of vacuum in the chamber of the vacuum equipment is maintained at equal to or lower than 10-6 torr before the coating process. - After vacuating the chamber of the
vacuum equipment 100, argon gas is provided into the chamber of thevacuum equipment 100 to make the chamber high vacuum state. - The coating process is performed in the range of 2x10-2 torr to 2x10-4 torr in the degree of vacuum aspect.
- When the degree of vacuum is lower than 2x10-2 torr, the deposition rate will be lowered because the metal-ions, generated by arc, are blocked by the other obstacles like the other ions and cannot arrive at the
substrate 10. Whereas the degree of vacuum is higher than 2x10-4torr, plasma or arc cannot be generated because the number of gaseous molecules is so reduced that the possibility of sputtering is reduced. - In addition, it is desirable that the bias-voltage for forming
oblique coating layer 20 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention is below 200V. If the bias-voltage exceeds 200V, re-sputtering, that is sputtering not a coating, happens because gaseous ions are accelerated toward the substrate. - It is sufficient that the oblique angle α is acute and more specifically, it is desirable that the size of oblique angle is between 10° and 80°.
- As the horizontal growth of the said coating layer is suppressed due to shadowing effect, normally coating layer with angle at least 10° is formed, and if the size of oblique angles exceeds 80°, even if oblique angle of the
oblique coating layer 20 is close to vertical angle, the hardness increase of the coating layer is negligible, so the oblique angle is limited to the above range. - Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are explained more specifically as below.
- In the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, compared with conventional coating layer that coating layer is formed on the substrate vertically, oblique coating layer is formed.
- The oblique coating layer is used to control the structure of coating layer and to form a variety of coating structure of coating layer.
- The structures that can be made by oblique coating are such as, zigzag, spiral, oblique cylinder and the structures made by oblique coating can be applied to gas sensors due to large specific areas compared to conventional coating layer.
- The structure of the exemplary embodiment of the present invention is not the same with the said structure but is close to oblique columnar structure.
- The physical properties of coating layer can be changed from the structural changes of the coating layer and the formation of multi-layered coating.
- The exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises of process for forming coating layer by structure design of hard coating layer and vacuum coating method. The material for the
substrate 10 of the exemplary embodiment of the present invention is stainless steel. - After the
substrate 10 is washed by ultra-sonic wave with alcohol and acetone, thesubstrate 10 is installed in avacuum equipment 100 and thevacuum equipment 100 was vacuated in 10-6 torr with turbo molecular pump (TMP) 150 and rotary vane pump (RVP) 160. - When degree of vacuum is in 7x10-4 torr by providing argon gas (Ar) into the
vacuum equipment 100 after vacuating thevacuum equipment 100, cleaning thesubstrate 10 is performed by applying about 400V into thesubstrate 10 from arc generated by applying direct current (DC) toanode arc source 130 that titanium target 140 is installed. - When cleansing the
substrate 10 is finished, titanium-nitride coating layer is formed by providing argon gas together with nitrogen gas at the same pressure when the substrate is cleansed. - When forming a titanium-nitride (TiN) coating layer, coating is conducted by rotating the
substrate holder 120 in order to thesubstrate 10 and theanode arc source 130 is in oblique angle instead of vertical angle. The oblique angle is 45°. - When a desired thickness for oblique coating is finished, a top coating layer is formed by applying electric field about 100V into the
substrate 10 while thesubstrate holder 120 is tilted. - The process for forming coating is finished when a desired thickness of the top layer is accomplished.
- In the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, coating layers with a variety of coating shapes were formed as shown in
Fig. 2 , the hardness of comparative example that onlyvertical coating layer 30 was formed on the substrate was 26GPa, while the hardness of sample No. 4 that vertical coating layer was formed after oblique coating layer was formed in zigzag was 34GPa. - Further, when
oblique coating layer 20 andvertical coating layer 30 were formed repeatedly by two times (sample No. 6), the hardness of the coating layer exceeded 30GPa. - Compared to sample No. 2 that oblique and vertical coating layer is formed at once respectively, the hardness of sample No. 6 that oblique and vertical coating layer is formed twice is enhanced.
- Generally, the hardness of titanium-nitride can't exceed 30GPa, the hardness of coating layer that formed in the exemplary embodiment of the present invention can exceed 30GPa.
- The exemplary embodiments of the present invention make coating layer grows vertically with regard to the
substrate 10 by applying electric filed into thesubstrate 10 while forming oblique coating layer on thesubstrate 10 by tilting thesubstrate 10. - Coating layers with a variety of coating shapes may be formed with the aid of oblique coating and electric field. Hardness of hard coating layer is highly enhanced by forming vertical coating layer on the oblique coating layer with electric field after forming oblique coating layer on the
substrate 10. - While this invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments.
- On the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
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- A method for forming hard coating layer which comprises:washing a substrate;installing the washed substrate in a vacuum equipment, and vacuating the chamber of the vacuum equipment;cleaning the substrate;forming oblique coating layer on the substrate; andforming vertical coating layer, vertically to the substrate, on the oblique coating layer by applying bias-voltage after forming oblique coating layer.
- The method of claim 1, wherein the oblique coating layer and the vertical coating layer are formed in multiple layers.
- The method of claim 1, wherein oblique directions of the oblique coating layer are changed at opposite directions at least two times.
- The method of any one of claim 1 to claim 3, wherein the oblique coating layer and the vertical coating layer are comprised of titanium-nitride (TiN).
- The method of any one of claim 1 to claim 3, wherein the substrate is washed by ultra-sonic wave with alcohol and acetone.
- The method of any one of claim 1 to claim 3, wherein the degrees of vacuum in the chamber of the vacuum equipment is equal to or lower than 10-6 torr.
- The method of any one of claim 1 to claim 3, wherein formation of oblique and vertical coating layer is performed in degrees of vacuum between 2x10-2 torr and 2x10-4 torr by injecting argon gas in the vacuum equipment.
- The method of any one of claim 1 to claim 3, wherein oblique angle is between 10° and 80°.
- The method of any one of claim 1 to 3, wherein the bias-voltage is applied below 200V.
- Hard coating layers that comprise of an oblique coating layer formed obliquely on a substrate and a vertical coating layer formed, vertically to the substrate, on the oblique coating layer.
- The hard coating layers of claim 10, wherein the oblique coating layer and the vertical coating layer are formed in multi-layers.
- The hard coating layers of claim 10 or claim 11, wherein the oblique coating layer change oblique directions oppositely at least two times.
- The hard coating layers of claim 10 or claim 11, wherein the oblique and vertical coating layer is comprised of titanium-nitride (TiN).
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